Posted by Bert Hyman on July 23, 2011, 1:25 pm
We've just gone through an period of unusually high temperatures and
humidity, and our tomato plants seem to have gone into some sort of
stasis.
They show no external signs of stress or disease, but to my untrained
eye neither the fruit nor the blossoms look any different from a week or
more ago.
If the weather returns to normal (whatever that is), will the plants
recover?
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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@iphouse.com
Posted by Billy on July 23, 2011, 5:03 pm
Posted by Nad R on July 23, 2011, 5:16 pm
>
>> We've just gone through an period of unusually high temperatures and
>> humidity, and our tomato plants seem to have gone into some sort of
>> stasis.
>>
>> They show no external signs of stress or disease, but to my untrained
>> eye neither the fruit nor the blossoms look any different from a week or
>> more ago.
>>
>> If the weather returns to normal (whatever that is), will the plants
>> recover?
>
> Yes.
Same here in Michigan for the tomatoes, but the cucumbers are going great.
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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
Posted by Doug Freyburger on July 25, 2011, 12:04 pm
Bert Hyman wrote:
> We've just gone through an period of unusually high temperatures and
> humidity, and our tomato plants seem to have gone into some sort of
> stasis.
> They show no external signs of stress or disease, but to my untrained
> eye neither the fruit nor the blossoms look any different from a week or
> more ago.
Here in Chicago metro our tomatoes are doing okay. It's the peppers
that aren't flowering. The plants are growing like bushes but only a
couple of them have any flowers at all so far this year. A couple of
pimento peppers are growing and that's it. Just one plant growing
peppers and the rest getting big. Crossing my fingers they will flower.
Posted by songbird on July 25, 2011, 3:09 pm
Doug Freyburger wrote:
> Bert Hyman wrote:
>>
>> We've just gone through an period of unusually high temperatures and
>> humidity, and our tomato plants seem to have gone into some sort of
>> stasis.
>>
>> They show no external signs of stress or disease, but to my untrained
>> eye neither the fruit nor the blossoms look any different from a week or
>> more ago.
> Here in Chicago metro our tomatoes are doing okay. It's the peppers
> that aren't flowering. The plants are growing like bushes but only a
> couple of them have any flowers at all so far this year. A couple of
> pimento peppers are growing and that's it. Just one plant growing
> peppers and the rest getting big. Crossing my fingers they will flower.
three answers come to mind, perhaps too
much nitrogen in the soil, lack of full sun
or a lack of pollinators.
we've had no trouble this season with the
peppers, lack of rain has been the toughest.
about the same zone as you Doug.
songbird
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> humidity, and our tomato plants seem to have gone into some sort of
> stasis.
>
> They show no external signs of stress or disease, but to my untrained
> eye neither the fruit nor the blossoms look any different from a week or
> more ago.
>
> If the weather returns to normal (whatever that is), will the plants
> recover?
Yes.
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